Comments on: In the age of blogs, are electronic newsletters relevant? http://blogs.infinite-x.net/2007/07/09/in-the-age-of-blogs-are-electronic-newsletters-relevant/ Sharing information with Dynamics CRM users and xRM developers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MDodd http://blogs.infinite-x.net/2007/07/09/in-the-age-of-blogs-are-electronic-newsletters-relevant/comment-page-1/#comment-519 MDodd Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:21:21 +0000 http://blogs.infinite-x.net/2007/07/09/in-the-age-of-blogs-are-electronic-newsletters-relevant/#comment-519 I'm sure your newsletter can be replaced by your blog, but before you sing a dirge for it, consider your audience. I still have a co-worker who prefers e-mails to IMs, some people still read newspapers, and some may still enjoy sifting through a newsletter. Since it's pushed instead of pulled, they may enjoy receiving news then finding it. You may want to ask your readers which they prefer through a vote in your next-- maybe last newsletter. Personally, I prefer blogs to newsletters, but I still give them a read if sent to me, though if they stopped, I wouldn't really miss them... --Michael I'm sure your newsletter can be replaced by your blog, but before you sing a dirge for it, consider your audience. I still have a co-worker who prefers e-mails to IMs, some people still read newspapers, and some may still enjoy sifting through a newsletter. Since it's pushed instead of pulled, they may enjoy receiving news then finding it.

You may want to ask your readers which they prefer through a vote in your next– maybe last newsletter.

Personally, I prefer blogs to newsletters, but I still give them a read if sent to me, though if they stopped, I wouldn't really miss them…

–Michael

]]> By: Michael Hoehne http://blogs.infinite-x.net/2007/07/09/in-the-age-of-blogs-are-electronic-newsletters-relevant/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Michael Hoehne Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:11:51 +0000 http://blogs.infinite-x.net/2007/07/09/in-the-age-of-blogs-are-electronic-newsletters-relevant/#comment-518 I personally don't think you need a newsletter. If people find your site valuable, they're going to visit every few days or weeks to see if something has changed. If they don't, they probably start to delete your email after the third time without even reading it. The web changes and Blogs are becoming more and more popular. It changes the way information is delivered and in a few years we won't see too much newsletters anymore. Instead we will see personalized feeds, letting the users decide what content to be delivered into their feed reader. I'm going to implement that into my own site whenever I have time, but I'm totally convinced that this is what is going to happen. I personally don't think you need a newsletter. If people find your site valuable, they're going to visit every few days or weeks to see if something has changed. If they don't, they probably start to delete your email after the third time without even reading it.

The web changes and Blogs are becoming more and more popular. It changes the way information is delivered and in a few years we won't see too much newsletters anymore. Instead we will see personalized feeds, letting the users decide what content to be delivered into their feed reader. I'm going to implement that into my own site whenever I have time, but I'm totally convinced that this is what is going to happen.

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